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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Woman Hollering Creek.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Spanish phrase in the narrative translates to “bad luck”?
(a) Mariachi
(b) Mala suerte
(c) Mal aire
(d) Mi querida

2. What is Graciela’s position in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) She is a librarian
(b) She is a physician
(c) She is a musician
(d) She is a seamstress

3. In what direction does Cleofilas’ father imagine her gazing when she might dream of returning home in the beginning of the story?
(a) North
(b) East
(c) West
(d) South

4. What is the name of Cleofilas’ son in the story?
(a) Alejandro Eduardo
(b) Guillermo Clemente
(c) Ricardo Xavier
(d) Juan Pedrito

5. Where does Cleofilas put her bags when she meets Felice at the end of the story?
(a) In the passenger seat
(b) In the back of the truck
(c) On top of the sedan
(d) In the trunk of the car

Short Answer Questions

1. Graciela’s friend agrees to meet Cleofilas at a business by what interstate in order to take her to the bus station?

2. What does Cleofilas make for the doorways without doors in their home?

3. What does the name “Soledad” mean in Spanish?

4. Corin Tellado was a prolific Spanish writer of what genre?

5. What genre of which Sandra Cisneros is associated, refers to literature written by Mexican Americans in the United States?

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